Hampton man arrested on assault, drug charges

HAMPTON — Police arrested a man at a Hampton Beach apartment on drug and assault charges Sunday after he reportedly beat a woman during an early morning dispute.

Kyle Stucker

HAMPTON — Police arrested a man at a Hampton Beach apartment on drug and assault charges Sunday after he reportedly beat a woman during an early morning dispute.

Andre Jason Swanson, 38, was charged with a Class A misdemeanor count of simple assault and two counts each of possession of a controlled drug and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Lt. Dan Gidley said police responded to a Page Lane apartment around 3:32 a.m. March 2 after a woman called police to report a domestic assault. The responding officers discovered an undisclosed quantity of what they believed to be crack cocaine in the apartment, as well as a glass pipe and “some sort of grinder,” Gidley said.

Gidley said the possession of a controlled drug charges will be upgraded to Class B felonies if test results confirm the substance is crack cocaine or another illegal drug.

Swanson is scheduled for arraignment in Seabrook District Court at 8:30 a.m. on March 19.

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